N.J. defense attorney suspended following indictment

10:51 AM,
Jun. 22, 2009

In this May 8, 2009, file photo, attorney Paul Bergrin is seen in Superior Court in Newark, N.J. Bergrin, 53, a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor whose clients have included rap stars and a soldier at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was charged Wednesday, May 20, 2009, with arranging the killing of one witness and trying to hire a hit man to kill another.

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MATT PAIS

The state Office of Attorney Ethics has suspended Paul Bergrin, the high-profile defense attorney charged with arranging the murder of a government witness, from practicing law.

Bergrin, 53, has entered a not guilty plea in federal court after being named in an 11-count indictment charging him with heading a racketeering enterprise that included the murder of one witness and attempts to kill another set to testify against a client of his involved in a Monmouth County ...